Aussie Company Planning To Use Drones For Textbook Delivery 178
First time accepted submitter Michael Harris writes "According to The Age, an Australian company plans to use autonomous quadropters to deliver text books to University students in Sydney. Apparently the drone will locate you via your smartphone's GPS, fly autonomously to your location, and drop the book into your hands."
Payload? (Score:3, Insightful)
The text books I remember were all freaking heavy and don't "quadracopters" (six-bladed quadracopters in this case by the looks of it) generally have a very limited payload?
If only... (Score:5, Insightful)
This makes perfect sense (Score:5, Insightful)
Because if there is one thing the age of digital communication has brought us, it is the ability to carry paper through the air.
Admittedly this is pretty cool, but so are zeppelins. Doesn't make it useful.
Re:Wait until someone (Score:4, Insightful)
Pretend he said "consulate", and then laugh. It was a joke, not a geography lesson.